This is one of my favorite quotes from Sister Paula, one of my favorite Pentecostal preachers on the place of the (Universal) Church in our world today. AND, how we, as members of that universal community are to act: The Church is the hands of God, extended. – Alleluia!, Amen
St Paul writes: God said to me: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. (2 Corinthians 12:9) What we perceive of as our weaknesses are self-made perceptions. It’s from ...
I have been exploring the idea now of what it is that “Grace” means in my life. It’s one of those odd religious-y terms that one speaks of and sings of a lot, and one that shows up in a bunch of Christian prayers (“…may the Grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ….”) But I stumbled ...
.Grant to us, Lord,we pray… The spirit to think and doalways… those things that are right. That we, who cannot existwithout you… may be enabled to live,according to Your will. – Amen (from the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer)
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